In 1980, R. Crumb produced a set of 36 trading cards called “Heroes of the Blues.” It’s a great little set, backing Crumb’s drawings with short biographical sketches of performers such as Blind Blake, Charlie Patton, Big Bill Broonzy and Peetie Wheatstraw. If there’s any downside to the project, it’s that it doesn’t cover enough territory. Only 36 musicians? That barely scratches the surface of this most quintessential of American folk art forms.
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